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David Tennant joined other famous faces tonight to lend his support to the Centrepoint Untimate Pub Quiz held at the Paramount Soho at the top of Centre Point in London. Along with other celebrities including Jonathan Ross and Hugh Grant, David was auctioned off to one of the teams for the evening. He was won by the Taylor Wimpey team, who paid £1600 for the privilege of his general knowledge skills.
The event was hosted by Fern Britton and X Factor announcer Peter Dixon. Through the auctions and a raffle, the funds raised topped £50,000 by the time the quiz was won by the Centrefolds team.
Centrepoint provide shelter and support to young homeless people in London and the North East of England, giving temporary accomodation as well as medical, financial and careers advice. Read more about their work here.
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This week's issue of Heat Magazine has a list of the '101 Hottest Hunks' and David has made the list at No.60.The entry for David reads:"Sorry Matt Smith, but David Tennant is our favourite Doctor Who and favourite holder of a sonic screwdriver ever.'

Ex Doctor Who actress Sophie Aldred, whom many of you will remember as the Doctor's companion Ace, has recently been working with David on the new BBC children's series Tree Fu Tom.In the video above at around 21minutes in to the interview she discusses what it was like to work with him on the project.For more information on Tree Fu Tom click here.Thanks to Martin Anderson

As the series of Earthflight, narrated by David Tennant, came to an end yesterday John Downer Productions have released a video clip of the highlights from the series. The DVD of Earthflight is due to be released on 26th March 2012, with a Blu-ray following on 16th Apri 2012. Both can pre ordered from our shop here.

ENJOY A CALENDAR OF EVENTS THIS FEBRUARY HALF TERM AT THE DOCTOR WHO EXPERIENCE

Come face-to-face with a Cyberman an Ood and a JudoonLearn how to ‘Walk Like A Monster’ with Doctor Who Choreographer Ailsa BerkTransform into a monster with professional Doctor Who makeup techniciansLearn how to draw, design and sculpt a real Doctor Who monster

The Doctor Who Experience is preparing for its final week in London this February half term, and to make sure it goes out with a bang, a whole host of additional activities are planned to thrill visitors for the last time in London, before the exhibition moves to Cardiff in the summer.Saturday 11th February sees the return of Doctor Who choreographer Ailsa Berk who will be giving visitors a chance to perfect their monster moves with special lessons on how to walk like a Judoon Trooper or a Cyberman. Monday 13th February, the team from Millennium FX share their behind-the-scenes knowledge on the inspiration behind som…

David Tennant has just collected the Best Actor award at tonight's BBC Audio Drama Awards for his role in Murray Gold's Kafka The Musical! David is also hosting the ceremony which is currently taking place at Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House.To listen to David in his winning role please click here.

You can also listen to David's introduction at the awards below, thanks to @MsSilt and @savvyjustine

Tonight will see David Tennant hosting the first ever BBC Audio Drama Awards. The ceremony will be held at Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House in London. The awards are being recorded and will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at a later date.

It'll be a busy night for David as he is also nominated for the Best Actor In An Audio Drama Award for Kafka The Musical in the awards.

Award-winning comedy series Twenty Twelve is due to come to UK TV screens in March, according to the show's star Hugh Bonneville.

Hugh was interviewed this evening on ITV's Jonathan Ross Show and revealed that the spoof fly-on-the-wall series will continue filming until close to the air date so that its content is as relevant as possible. The series follows the team responsible for delivering the 2012 London Olympics.

A short clip from the new series, narrated by David Tennant, was shown as part of the interview

BBC have posted two preview clips from Wild About Pandas, narrated by David Tennant, on their website. The documentary tells the story behind the recent arrival of two giant pandas at Edinburgh Zoo. You can view them and find out more information about the programme here

The final episode of BBC nature documentary Earthflight is a behind the scenes look at how the footage was captured. The programme, entitled 'Flying High' will be shown on BBC1 and BBC1 HD on Sunday 29th February at 4pm instead of the regular Thursday evening slot. The programme is repeated on BBC2 Scotland on Sunday 5th February at 3.55pm

From the BBC synopsis of the programme:

To fly like a bird, Earthflight not only captured remarkable images of wild flocks but also relied on some extraordinary relationships between people and birds. Filmed over four years, in six continents and more than 40 countries, the Earthflight team used many extraordinary techniques. For some of the unique flying shots, members of the team became part of the flock. The birds followed wherever they went - even in a microlight over Edinburgh and London. In Africa, paragliders floated alongside wild vultures, while a model vulture carried a camera inside the flock. In South America, wild-living macaws,…

BBC Children's Television celebrates its tenth birthday with a special event at the new MediaCityUK Studios in Salford.

The Big Birthday Bash takes place on Saturday 18th February and includes screenings of brand new CBBC and CBeebies programmes. Among these is Tree Fu Tom, a fantasy adventure series aimed at 4-6 year olds. David Tennant provides the voice an Acorn Sprite called Twigs, while another former Doctor Who star, Sophie Aldred, plays the titular Tom.

You can apply for free tickets to the two public premiere screenings of the show via the Big Birthday Bash website which take place at 10am and 11.45am.

David Tennant has been in the BBC Radio studios this week recording a new play by Stephen Wakelam called 'Waiting For The Boatman' The synopsis of the play reads:

We travel to Naples in 1610 with the painter Mario Minniti as our guide. Minniti has recently received a desperate letter from his old mentor Caravaggio, urging him to come to his rescue. The great artist has been attacked and fears for his life. But now, with Minniti in Naples, he is nowhere to be found. As we continue the search, the story of Caravaggio's fateful final days is revealed. The director is Sasha Yevtushenko.

David's co-star in the Afternoon Drama is fellow RSC actor Anton Lesser. The play is due to be broadcast sometime in the first half of 2012

Wild About Pandas, the BBC Scotland programme following the journey of the two giant pandas that recently took up residence at Edinburgh Zoo, will also be available to view in the rest of the UK.

It was initially thought that the programme, which is narrated by David Tennant, would only be shown in the Scotland region, but updated TV listings have revealed that it will also air at 9pm on BBC2 on Friday 10th February (please note change in broadcast date).

David Tennant, along with a number of other celebrities, today visited the London charity Body & Soul as part of the launch celebrations for Sport Relief 2012. Among the group was Lara Stone, model and wife to Sport Relief challenge hero David Walliams, Tom Ellis, star of Miranda, and choreographer Arlene Phillips. Also present was model and TV presenter Lizzie Cundy who tweeted a picture of her and David.

Established in 1996, Body & Soul is a pioneering UK charity dedicated to transforming the lives of children, teenagers and families living with, or affected by HIV. You can read more about their crucial work here.

Sport Relief runs on alternate years to its sister campaign Comic Relief with the same aim of raising money to support projects in the UK and overseas. This year the campaign has already seem two huge celebrity challenges in the form of Helen Skelton's Polar trek and David Walliams's Thames Swim, while last week saw the Sport Relief Bake Off. However, there …

David Tennant yesterday completed vocal recording for his role in the forthcoming Aardman animated feature The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists (or The Pirates! Band Of Misfits if you are in the USA). According to Peter Lord, the director via Twitter:

"We recorded the very last syllable (surely!) with the delightful David Tennant yesterday - now can't wait to share it with you all."

The 3D film is due to be released on Wednesday 28th March in the UK, with its premeiere on Thursday 22nd March.It is released in the USA and Canada on 30th March and in Australia on 5th April. Other stars of the film include Hugh Grant, Brian Blessed, Salma Hayek, Martin Freeman and Ashley Jensen. David plays a young Charles Darwin with Hugh Grant as The Pirate Captain

Elsewhere in the news, the film's trailer caused controversy when charity LEPRA Health In Action expressed disbelief at a scene poking fun at people with leprosy. Happily, the charity have since reported that Aardm…

Just a reminder that you can still help Headway Essex by buying some of their David Tennant-related products through their online store. And their newest products ensure that you can carry David with you wherever you go.

These gorgeous and practical cotton bags are available in black or hot pink. Be seen out and about with your cool and stylish Tennant Tote!
Please support brain injury charity Headway Essex by purchasing a David Tennant tote bag for only £12.48 including postage! And don't just stop at buying one for yourself; they will make excellent gifts for all David Tennant fans.

Size: 37 x 41cm (approx)

You can purchase the bags and other items from the David Tennant range from the Headway Essex online webshop

Headway Essex cares for people who have acquired a brain injury and this may be through sporting or work accidents, road traffic accidents, assault, illness or disease.

Support is given in two ways. The Headway Centre is a day centre in Colchester where rehabilitati…

Don't miss your last chance to vote for David Tennant, Catherine Tate and Much Ado About Nothing in the Whatsonstage Awards 2012.

This week is the last chance for theatregoers to vote for their favourite acts and performances for the 12th annual Whatsonstage.com Awards. Voting closes Tuesday 31 January, so time is running out to make your vote count at Whatsonstage.com. Over 45,000 people have already voted for their favourite performers and productions for this year’s Whatsonstage.com Awards. The awards are also known as the theatregoers’ choice awards, the only major UK theatre awards decided exclusively by members of the paying audience. A single vote could make a vital difference across a multitude of categories – in last year’s voting, one category was decided by just 14 votes. Some of the tightly contested categories this year are: David Tennant and Benedict Cumberbatch go head to head for the Best Actor in a Play gong for their work in Much Ado About Nothing and Frankenst…

David Tennant will be voicing a new programme, Wild About Pandas, made by BBC Scotland that documents the journey to and arrival at Edinburgh Zoo of the two new giant pandas, Tian Tian and Yang Guang.

The programme description reads:

Documentary exploring the lives of pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang, and the preparations made for their transfer to Edinburgh Zoo. Vet Simon Girling travels to China to find out how the pair fare in their homeland, while keeper Alison Maclean heads to the Wolong reserve to investigate efforts to introduce more of the animals into the wild. David Tennant narrates.

Wild About Pandas will be shown on BBC 1 Scotland at 8pm on Wednesday 1st February. It can be viewed outside Scotland via cable and satellite providers. Channel details are as follows:

John Downer productions have posted three new clips from Episode 4 of Earthflight on their Youtube channel. The lastest episode, narrated by David Tennant, travels to South America and explores the bird and animal life of the continent.

In the first clip, a condor soars over the Andes

In the second, an adult condor gives a cliff-edge flying lesson to their young

In the third, scarlet macaws compete with spider monkeys as they flock to feed upon healing clay licks.

Episode 4 of Earthflight can be seen on BBC1 on Thursday 19th January at 8pm

The Decoy Bride will have its UK premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival on Tuesday 21st February 2012.

The Festival programme was announced earlier today. Running annually each February it presents a unique programme of feature films, shorts, special events and live and interactive happenings across a number of venues. This year the main Festival programme runs from 16th to 26th February. Festival co-director Allan Hunter talked to ReelScotland about this year's event just before the launch.

The Decoy Bride will screen as part of the Great Scots strand at 8.30pm on the 21st February at Glasgow's Cineworld in Renfrew Street. There is a second showing on Wednesday 22nd February at 12.30pm, also at Cineworld. Tickets for the screenings go on sale on Thursday 19th January.

The Decoy Bride stars David Tennant, Kelly MacDonald and Alice Eve and was directed by Sheree Folkson

In the next issue of Doctor Who Magazine, the Time Team will be watching 2006's Tooth and Claw starring David Tennant as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler. They'd like you to send them your comments on the story to dwm@panini.co.ukVisit our Tooth And Claw section here.

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine which is out now features the Time Team's review of New Earth and Fact 0r Fiction takes a look at Love & Monsters.

DWM say:NEW NEW YORK, NEW NEW YORKTHE TIME TEAM revisit the year five billion and watch what happened when the Doctor and Rose met Cat Nuns, Cassandra and the Face of Boe. What will Emma, Chris, Michael and Will make of NEW EARTH?

WE LOVE THE DOCTOR!Romance! Aliens! And the Electric Light Orchestra! THE FACT OF FICTION puts the Tenth Doctor and Rose adventure LOVE & MONSTERS under the microscope, with exclusive additional comments from writer RUSSELL T DAVIES!

Last summer David Tennant and Catherine Tate appeared together on stage for the first time in William Shakespeare’s timeless comedy Much Ado About Nothing and now thanks to www.digitaltheatre.com this theatrical masterpiece can be yours to own forever.Available to download in SD for just £8.99 and HD for just £10.99 the show the Financial Times described as 'The feel-good hit of the summer' can be yours!Two young lovers, Claudio and Hero, are to be married imminently but the devious scheming of a resentful Prince looks set to thwart the nuptials. Meanwhile, marriage seems inconceivable for reluctant lovers Beatrice and Benedick whose endless witty sparring threatens to keep them apart forever.Directed by Josie Rourke, Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare’s great plays and reminds us all of the failings and triumphs of the human condition in our never ending search for perfect love.And thanks to our friends at Digital Theatre w…

Just a quick reminder to vote for David Tennant and Much Ado About Nothing in the www.whatsonstage.com Theatre Goers Choice Awards!David is nominated for Best Actor In A Play for his role as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing.Much Ado About Nothing (Wyndham's Theatre) is also nomiated for Best Shakespearean Production and David and Catherine Tate reuniting on stage is up for the AKA Theatre Event Of The Year.CLICK HERE TO VOTE NOW!

You'll remember that back in December David appeared on BBC America's The Nerdist.Here's the interview that aired on TV at the time and don't forget that the interview in it's entirity can be downloaded here.

Today's issue of The Independent asks So, what have the Scots ever done for us? A lot is the answer to that one and listed amongst 101 of the innovations that Caledonia gave the world is none other than David Tennant's portrayal as The Doctor.Sandwiched between defeating the Poll Tax and Dolly The Sheep is David. They say:

Doctor Who – the best everWest Lothian-born actor David Tennant, the 10th doctor in BBC1's Doctor Who, is destined to be remembered as the people's favourite. After only one year, he was named the best doctor ever by readers of Doctor Who Magazine, beating the previous all-time favourite, Tom Baker.

Digital Theatre have launched their January sale today with 30% off many of their productions. They have also announced a special deal on their two recent Shakespeare downloads. Buy Much Ado About Nothing along with Macbeth to get a big saving of 20% of the total cost.

Much Ado About Nothing: David Tennant and Catherine Tate star as reluctant lovers Benedick and Beatrice in Shakespeare's timeless comedy. Filmed at Wyndham's Theatre in September 2011.

Macbeth: David Morrissey plays the murderous king in the Liverpool Everyman production of Shakespeare's visceral and menacing play.

The normal price for both productions is £6.99 for rental, £8.99 for a standard download and £10.00 for an HD download.

For more details of this and all of Digital Theatre's January Sale offers visit their website.

Big Chief Studios, who specialise in licensed characters and collectible figures have launched a new range of highly stylised vinyl figurines based on the IDW comic series. The first release from the new Dynamix range is of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor. Standing approximately nine inches tall, the figure of Ten is in his blue suit, long coat and burgundy boots with characteristic raised eyebrow and artfully messy hair. It retails for £59.99 plus the shipping cost. Reservations can be made now ahead of the release date in April.

John Downer Productions have released new clips from Earthflight, this time showcasing Episode 3 which focuses on Europe. The first clip, narrated by David Tennant, shows spectacular shots of cranes flying over Venice, filmed from a microlight in the air alongside them.

A second clip shows a Peregrine falcon hunting among the mesmerising twisting shapes of a flock made up of millions of starlings in the skies above Rome.

Episode 3 of Earthflight can be seen on BBC1 and BBC 1 HD on Thursday 12th January at 8pm

We're running a poll to find out what the fans favourite Doctor Who episode featuring David Tennant is.We'll be asking you to vote on our Facebook page here: www.facebook.com/davidtennantcom over the next couple of weeks.The episodes will be divided into categories with the top 2 from each category going up against each other in the finale.We'd also like you to leave your comments and let us know which is your favourite episode and why!One lucky voter will then be picked at random to recieve a box set of the Tenth Doctor's Specials including Planet Of The Dead, The Waters Of Mars and The End Of Time!

The Royal Shakespeare Company's outgoing Artistic Director revealed today that David Tennant will be among those sitting on the interview panel that will choose his successor next month. Michael Boyd, who steps down from the post at the end of this year described the panel as "a seriously wise group of people" as he addressed press during a briefing to reveal the RSC's 2012-2013 winter season. Other members of the panel include actor Noma Dumezweni, former National Theatre AD Richard Eyre and former RSC, NT and Royal Opera House executive Genista McIntosh. Interviews start at the beginning of February with an announcement being made in March.

The chance to meet David Tennant and watch him recording the audiobook of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again was the prize won by a lucky schoolgirl as part of Kingston University's Reading Force campaign.

The campaign aims to bring together Forces families that have been separated by postings by having parents read the same books as their children back home. They can then discuss them together on the web and through scrapbooks. Chloe Armstrong from Aldershot won her amazing prize after submitting her scrapbook to the University.

Read the full story and see some exclusive new pictures of David meeting Chloe here

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again was released as a download in December 2011 and is available from here

The Public Reviews are offering an HD download of David Tennant and Catherine Tate in Much Ado About Nothing as the latest prize in their Twelve Days Of 2012 competition. The competition runs for today only, with the lucky winner announced at around 10pm tonight. The prize has been kindly supplied by Digital Theatre, who made the play available to download last month.

To enter the competition first follow @publicreviews and @DigitalTheatre on Twitter and then tweet the following:

I’m entering the #12daysof2012 Competition on @publicreviews to win a HD copy of @digitaltheatre’s Much Ado About Nothing – PLS RT #Theatre

A reminder for Canadian fans that if you live in the Toronto area you will be able to watch David Tennant's 2010 drama Single Father, which has its series premiere tonight at 10pm EST. It is repeated at 1am EST on Wednesday 11th January. TVO have posted a preview clip on their YouTube channel (above).

TVO is a Toronto based channel but may also be available to viewers in provinces outside Ontario and to some North-Eastern States of the USA.

There is now an official Facebook page for the new David Tennant film The Decoy Bride. The film is due to be released on March 9th 2012 by CinemaNX and co-stars Alice Eve, Kelly MacDonald and Michael Urie.

John Downer Productions, the makers of the series have released new preview clips from Earthflight. The second episode of the stunning new BBC wildlife documentary, narrated by David Tennant, focuses on the continent of Africa. The BBC synopsis reads:

Fly over Africa on the back of a vulture and see the most animal-packed continent with fresh eyes. Arrow-dive with cape gannets among sharks, dolphins and whales as they join the great sardine run. Soar with fish eagles as they discover an S-shaped living island comprised entirely of flamingos, and join them on a spectacular hunt. Fly with kelp gulls as they study the hunting behaviour of the greatest underwater predator of all: the great white shark.On the wings of eagles, fly through the mist-filled Victoria Falls and dive for fish in the mighty Zambezi. Circle with vultures high above the Serengeti as they watch the drama of the wildebeest migration below, and discover what happens when this canny scavenger suddenly becomes prey.Among …

David Tennant seems to have been linked to a new film project: a romantic comedy called Emotional Rescue. The film co-stars Timothy Hutton and Heather Graham and is set in New York and Connecticut. It is written and directed by Beth Lauren and is produced by Frejya Films and The Filmmill. Shooting is expected to start soon for a Winter 2012 release.

Emotional Rescue has been in development for some time. Originally titled Three Days In Dublin it was due to start shooting in the Irish capital back in 2010 with Ray Winstone in the role of Fin.

At present there has not been a formal announcement to confirm the project or David's involvement, with the only link being the inclusion of his name on the official website - which itself seems to consist of a number of temporary pages. There is a listing for the project on IMDb which gives some casting details, however at this time David is not mentioned on it.